Big Brother champion Kate Lawler has taken a stroll down memory by sharing sweet throwback snaps catching up with her former housemates.
The blonde bombshell was the very first female winner of Big Brother UK, winning the public over during the third series of the reality tv show in 2002.
Kate, 40, has taken to social media to share throwback snaps to this time 18 years ago when she walked through the front door of the Borehamwood bungalow.
On Thursday the reality star turned DJ shared a photo taken three years ago when she enjoyed a mini reunion with some of her former housemates.
The sweet pictures saw Kate sharing a laugh with This Morning ‘s Alison Hammond, Jonny Megan and PJ Ellis.
Kate Lawler has taken a stroll down memory by sharing sweet throwback snaps catching up with her former Big Brother housemates (Image: thekatelawler/Instagram)
Kate captioned the snaps: “18 years have gone by and I love that we are all still friends.
“These pics taken when we all met up three years ago for a little Big Brother reunion in Birmingham. Good times! #classof200.”
A couple of days prior to this, Kate celebrate the 18 year anniversary of the day she entered the famous house, on the launch night of series three.
The blonde bomsbshell enjoyed catching up with Alison Hammond, Jonny Megan and PJ Ellis (Image: thekatelawler/Instagram)
Uploading snaps of her sauntering in wearing a red football shirt and jeans, she captioned the image with the story of how she ended up on the show.
Kate penned: “18 years ago today, I entered the Big Brother house for the third series.
‘”Printed off the application form while sat at my office desk in a London investment bank, where I was working in I.T. support.
PJ and Jonny certainly look different now compared to their Big Brother days (Image: CHANNEL 4)
”The application form was long, and back then, you had to send a three minute video too. I procrastinated heavily with the video, wondering what to do (to stand out) and almost sacked it off. However the day before applications were closing, I sent everything off.
“I then received a telephone call asking if I’d like to meet the producers at a secret location in London. It was a hotel room. I sat in front of three, warm, smiling TV Producers including the show’s Exec Phil Edgar-Jones and told them about my life.
“Afterwards, they sent me to see the show’s psychologist to deem if I was mentally stable to appear on this type of show. Believe it or not I was.
Kate was the very first female winner of Big Brother UK
She continued: “I remember the call from Phil Edgar-Jones as I pulled up outside my parents house on a warm, sunny day of Spring 2002. I’d just turned off the ignition and answered the phone having no idea who it was due to ‘unknown caller ID’ flashing on my Nokia 5146.
“”Hello Kate it’s Phil from Big Brother’. My heart sank. It was at that moment I just knew what he was about to say. “We’d love you to be a housemate in this years series.”
“I ran into my parents house and told them. Then s**t myself. Do I really want to appear on national television? Would my life change? If so, for better or worse? What if I got booted off in the first week? Shame. What if the British public turned on me? Aaaagggghhh. But the show’s a hoot! I could win £70,000!
‘”I was 21 and living at my Mum and Dads. This was my chance for independence. To buy my own property. To get out of I.T. Support which bored me. If I said no, I’d regret it.”
The TV star has opened up about the day she applied to become a Big Brother housemate
“That Friday night in 2002, when I met the likes of Jonny, Alison, Spencer, Jade, Alex, etc and thought, I’m NEVER gonna win this but I’m gonna have a lovely time. And I did. There are so many wonderful memories! What was your favourite from BB3?x” [sic].’
Kate’s post comes as Big Brother’s 20th anniversary creeps closer, with Davina McCall and Rylan Clark-Neal set to celebrate the landmark by reliving the show’s biggest moments.
Filmed in lockdown, Davina, 52, and Rylan, 31, will look back over the show’s history, which made the likes of Jade Goody and Nikki Grahame stars.
Big Brother: The Best Shows Ever Show, which will air later this year, will allow E4 audiences to get their reality fix for the summer revisiting some of the juiciest, most memorable Big Brother and Celebrity Big Brother episodes.
Source: Celebrities - dailystar.co.uk
